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What is the verb for defiant?

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defy
  1. To renounce or dissolve all bonds of affiance, faith, or obligation with; to reject, refuse, or renounce.
  2. To challenge (someone) to do something difficult or impossible.
  3. To refuse to obey.
  4. To not conform to or follow a pattern, set of rules or expectations.
  5. Synonyms:
  6. Examples:
    1. “I will not go in, and I will defy any attempt to make me.”
      “Anger is the last resource left with which to defy the oppressive circumstance.”
      “Any member who wishes to defy the rules and policies given to him by his full-time elected officials exposes himself to fines.”
defies
defieth
  1. (archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative form of defy
defiest
  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present form of defy
defied
  1. simple past tense and past participle of defy
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Having won the balance of power, Peters defied his own election promises and realigned himself with the National Party and its pro-market agenda.”
      “A baby lamb born weighing less than a bag of sugar has defied all the odds.”
      “We ended up at karaoke night in a dive where the waitress's hair defied gravity.”
defying
  1. present participle of defy
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Barcelona stroke the ball around the field, defying Chelsea's players to come and win it from them.”
      “They think all Wiccans and witches are up to no good, worshiping the devil and defying God.”
      “No children defying their parents and pulling things off the shelves and no scary women with accordion folders full of coupons.”
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